Born: 27-Apr-1925
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Died: 16-Sep-2013
Location of death: Leeds, MA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Historian

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Slavery

Military service: US Army (WWII)

Father: Frank Elkins
Mother: Frances Reiner
Wife: Dorothy Adele Lamken (m. 1947, three daughters, one son)
Daughter: Barbara Elkins
Son: Reuven Elkins
Daughter: Sara Elkins
Daughter: Susan Elkins

    High School: Boston English High School, Boston, MA
    University: AB, Harvard University (1949)
    University: MA, Columbia University (1951)
    University: PhD, Columbia University (1958)
    Assistant Professor: History, University of Chicago (1955-60)
    Professor: History, Smith College (1960-93)

Author of books:
Slavery: A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life (1959, social studies)
The Age of Federalism: The Early American Republic, 1788-1800 (1993, history)

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